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Data copy avoidance across a storage

a data copy and storage technology, applied in the field of storage management, can solve the problems of waste of resources, inability to effectively implement dca solutions across different physical storage nodes, and not only suitable for a single storage node, so as to reduce data communication, improve data access performance, and eliminate potential system performance bottlenecks

Active Publication Date: 2017-08-15
EMC IP HLDG CO LLC
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The present invention provides a better way to copy data across storage nodes in a computer system. Rather than sending the destination storage node the address of the second cache, the second storage node sends the address of the first cache to the first cache. This reduces the amount of data communication between storage nodes, improves system performance, and makes data access faster. This solution is feasible and efficient because it uses the DCA protocol.

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However, current DCA solutions are not only suitable for a single storage node, but cannot be effectively implemented across different physical storage nodes.
Therefore, in one data write operation, the data have to be transmitted twice between different storage nodes, which wastes resources and deteriorates operation efficiency.

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[0018]Hereinafter, the principle of the present disclosure will be described with reference to several exemplary embodiments shown in the figures. It should be understood that description of these embodiments is only for enabling those skilled in the art to better understand and then implement the present disclosure, not for limiting the scope of the present disclosure in any manner.

[0019]FIG. 1 shows two exemplary hierarchical-type storage nodes, i.e., first storage node 101 and second storage node 102. As shown in the figure, the first storage node 101 comprises a first I / O redirector 103, a first mapping LUN layer, and a first mirrored cache 105. It should be noted that the first storage node 101 may also include any other suitable components, such as a miniport, a bottom-layer Redundant Arrays of independent Disks (RAID), etc. In order to avoid ambiguity, these components are not shown in the figure. Similarly, the second storage node 102 includes a second I / O redirector 106, a ...

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Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for data copy avoidance where after a data access request is received from the first storage node, what is sent by a second storage node to the first storage node is not an address of a second storage space in a second mirrored cache, but an address of a first storage space in a first cache corresponding to the second storage space. In this way, data access may be implemented directly in the first cache on the first storage node, and can reduce data communication across different storage nodes, eliminate potential system performance bottlenecks, and enhance data access performance.

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RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This Application claims priority from Provisional Application Serial No. CN201310724717.6 filed on Dec. 23, 2013 entitled “Method for Cross-SP Data Copy Avoidance,” the content and teachings of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present disclosure generally relates to storage management, and more specifically, relates to a data copy avoidance across storage nodes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]In order to avoid unnecessary internal data copy between different layers of a storage array, a data copy avoidance (DCA) protocol has been proposed. According to the DCA protocol, when a driver in a hierarchical structure or a host issues a data read or data write command, the request will be directly passed down to a device stack without going through any buffer area. When the data access command reaches a cache layer, the cache layer provides a corresponding buffer area (also referred to as “cache page”), a...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F12/08G06F3/06G06F12/0868
CPCG06F12/0868G06F3/067G06F3/0608G06F3/0647G06F2212/286G06F2212/314H04L67/1095G06F3/065
Inventor JIA, RUIYONGXUE, LEIZHANG, LONGGAO, JIANXIE, PENGXIAO, HUIBINGHU, ZHIPENG
Owner EMC IP HLDG CO LLC
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